Six Mile Run, NJ
Six Mile Run wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Six Mile Run lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 818 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Six Mile Run at the 34th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Six Mile Run's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Six Mile Run: 72.5% of its 818 buildings, versus 21.3% Indirect and 6.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Six Mile Run against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Six Mile Run's 33rd national percentile and its 32nd percentile inside New Jersey, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Six Mile Run ranks 21,024 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,472 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 478 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 33rd national percentile, Six Mile Run rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Six Mile Run
Six Mile Run's 72.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Six Mile Run's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Six Mile Run, see the exposure-zones guide.